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Photograph of Bransford Spring Pumphouse
Photograph by National Park Service, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bransford Spring Pumphouse

Built in 1939 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Bransford Spring Pumphouse, in Mammoth Cave National Park, in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.”

Wikipedia article Bransford Spring Pumphouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Edmonson County · listed in 1991 · category: Structure · built in 1939, National Park Service rustic, by Civilian Conservation Corps.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, 42160
  • When was it listed? May 1991
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
  • Census division. Mammoth Cave
  • When was it built? 1939
  • Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
  • Architect. Civilian Conservation Corps
  • National Register reference number. 91000493 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bransford Spring Pumphouse between 1993 and 2018, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkSANDERS
5 July 2012Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFLINT RIDG
24 July 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkDOYEL VALLEY
14 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkHERITAGE TRAIL
6 April 2010Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 April 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresMammoth Cave National ParkCENTER POINT
12 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this property

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mammoth Cave, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave$5,000A spotter in Mammoth Cave National Park reported power lines down and snapped poles.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-Dispatch reported multiple trees were blown down at Mammoth Cave National Park.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-Officials at Mammoth Cave National Park reported numerous trees down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-Local law enforcement reported trees down in Mammoth Cave National Park.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-A large tree was blown down in the Mammoth Cave area. Time is estimated based on radar data.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-Trees were downed near Mammoth Cave.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMammoth Cave-Several trees were reported down around Mammoth Cave.
January 2006HailMammoth Cave-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmonson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery0.3 miles1991
Three Springs Pumphouse0.5 miles1991
Colossal Cavern Entrance1.0 miles1991
Great Onyx Cave Entrance1.2 miles1991
Superintendent's House1.3 miles1991
Crystal Cave District1.4 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000493 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Edmonson CountyAll 21 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.